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Site of a farm implement factory operated by Messrs. Sharp and Hamilton, previous to the War Between the States. With the outbreak of hostilities they reversed the Biblical injunction and produced swords of excellent quality for the Confederacy. W…
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Born, 1803, in Salem Mass., and sea-captain at 21, he retired in 1837. Coming here for his wife's health, he brought with him the flag given him in 1832, which he had nicknamed "Old Glory," the first known use of the term. This flag was flown from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EUA_james-k-polk_Nashville-TN.html
The house which stood about 100 feet west was built in 1815 by Felix Grundy. James K. Polk bought it while President in 1847. He came home to it on expiration of his term of office and died here, June 15, 1849. His widow occupied it until her deat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EU7_site-of-original-gas-works_Nashville-TN.html
The Nashville Gas Light Co., founded Mar. 1850, with General Washington Barrow, President, built first gas works in Tennessee for manufacturing gas from coal. First street lamp was lighted Feb. 13, 1851 at Second Ave. North and Public Square. Natu…
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Formerly located at his site was First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, headquarters of the 1960s Sit-In Movement, led by Rev. Kelly Miller Smith. Strategy sessions, non-violence workshops, mass meetings, victory celebrations, and administrative offi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EU5_the-temple-cemetery_Nashville-TN.html
The Temple Cemetery was established in 1851 with the purchase of three acres by the Hebrew Benevolent Burial Association and still serves Nashville's first Jewish congregation, The Temple, Congregation Ohabal Sholom. It blends early urban burial g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EU4_heatons-station_Nashville-TN.html
On his bluff in 1780, pioneers who came with James Robertson built Heaton's (also spelled Eaton's) station. It and two other forts (Nashborough and Freeland's) withstood all Indian attacks and saved the Cumberland settlements. On the river below w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DDM_battle-of-the-bluffs_Nashville-TN.html
Raged around this point April 2, 1781between Cherokee Indians and settlers.Loosed by Mrs. James Robertson, dogsfrom the Fort attacked the Indiansallowing settlers to escape to the Fort.Many were killed includingCaptian James Leiper.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1X_luke-lea-heights_Nashville-TN.html
Luke Lea (1879-1945) envisioned this park, gave to the city in 1927 the original 868 acres, and asked that the land be named for his father-in-law, Percy Warner. Founder of the Nashville Tennessean, Lea was a key developer of Belle Meade, a U.S. s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1W_percy-warner-park_Nashville-TN.html
Percy Warner (1861-1927) was a pioneer in electric utilities and hydroelectric development in the South. As chairman of the Park Board, he expanded Nashville's park system. Preservation of this natural area was one of his greatest civic projects. …
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